Intentions to Marry, 1919 Albertland to Helensville

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840481, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1919 is bound in seven volumes (a to g) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1919a contains pages 1-500, covering districts from Albertland to Helensville

Page 135

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar G. G. Jordan

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

621

6 June 1919

Alfred George Jacques
Ethel Mary Portland

Alfred George Jacques
Ethel May Portland
💍 1919/2675

Widower 23 September 1914
Spinster

Tailor

36
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
5 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

2533

6 June 1919

Registrar

No	621
Date of Notice	6 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred George Jacques	Ethel Mary Portland
BDM Match (97%)	Alfred George Jacques	Ethel May Portland
	💍 1919/2675
Condition	Widower 23 September 1914	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	36	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	2533
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

622

6 June 1919

Walter Watkins
Laurina Edyor

Walter Watkins
Laurina Edgar
💍 1919/2676

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

44
39

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
Life

Presbyterian Manse, Summer Rd, Grey Lynn

2534

6 June 1919

Rev. F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	622
Date of Notice	6 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Watkins	Laurina Edyor
BDM Match (92%)	Walter Watkins	Laurina Edgar
	💍 1919/2676
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	44	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	Life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Summer Rd, Grey Lynn
Folio	2534
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. A. Thompson, Presbyterian

623

7 June 1919

Kevin Patrick Cullum Moore
Alice Muriel Infield

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

29
19

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
3 years

House of Bride's Father, Hayden St, Auckland

2535

James Infield, Father

7 June 1919

Rev. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

No	623
Date of Notice	7 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kevin Patrick Cullum Moore	Alice Muriel Infield
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride's Father, Hayden St, Auckland
Folio	2535
Consent	James Infield, Father
Date of Certificate	7 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Holbrook, Roman Catholic

624

7 June 1919

John Henry Brown
Lily Campbell

John Henry Brown
Lily Campbell
💍 1919/2654

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Farmer

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
11 years

Residence of Mrs M Campbell, Ardmore Rd, Ponsonby

2536

9 June 1919

Rev. A. Murray, Presbyterian

No	624
Date of Notice	7 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Brown	Lily Campbell
	💍 1919/2654
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	11 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs M Campbell, Ardmore Rd, Ponsonby
Folio	2536
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Murray, Presbyterian

625

9 June 1919

John Johnson
Dorothy Elfreda Dinewell

John Johnson
Dorothy Elfreda Timewell
💍 1919/2655

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

32
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
5 months

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

2537

9 June 1919

Archdeacon H. A. Hawkins, Anglican

No	625
Date of Notice	9 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Johnson	Dorothy Elfreda Dinewell
BDM Match (96%)	John Johnson	Dorothy Elfreda Timewell
	💍 1919/2655
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	5 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	2537
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon H. A. Hawkins, Anglican

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).